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Chapter 7: The 'Guitarist'48

Chapter 7: The 'Guitarist'

With Band-in-a-Box 9, you can now generate a guitar chord solo for any

melody. BB will intelligently arrange the melody to a guitar chord solo, by

inserting real guitar voicings throughout the piece. You can select from among

many "Guitarists" to create your arrangement. And you can define your own

guitarists, choosing parameters such as strum speed, types of voicings

(pop/jazz), embellishments, and many more.

You launch the Chord Solo function from the Guitar

Window, using the Chord Solo button. An alternative is to select the Melody-

Generate Chord Solo item.

Select Guitarist Window.

Once you press the Chord Solo button, you'll see the Select Guitarist Window.

Here are the steps needed to generate your Chord Solo:

Select the Guitarist to Use.

the main list at the left of the Window, you see the List of Guitarists that are

already defined. For example, you can see that Guitarist #2 is called "Jazz